--Notice of Intent to Acquire Open Market items under a GSA BPA Call Order

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues this Notice of Intent to acquire open market items under a GSA BPA call order. The U.S. EPA has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order in response to the Request for Quotation (RFQ) # PR-OAR-14-01841, entitled ?Administrative and Process Management Support During Review and Revisions of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States.: A Scientific Assessment? under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 899 ? Environmental Services, Contract # GS-10F-0299K. The call order was competitively awarded on June 1, 2015 to Stratus Consulting to provide 1) administrative and process management support to EPA during the National Resource Council peer review and the public comment process, 2) coordination of a team of independent review editors to assess the author's response to the public and peer reviews, and 3) provide support in drafting and managing front and end matter (i.e. not chapter text) of the report and conference logistics. The call order has an eighteen month period of performance. An open market item incidental and ancillary to the overall acquisition was included in the quotation. In accordance with FAR 8.402(f), this posting serves as public notice of the Government?s intent to modify call order # EP-B15H-00089, under EPA BPA # EP-BPA-12-H-0024, GSA FSS Contract # GS-10F-0299K to include the following open market item: 1. Reviewer Honoraria. The Contracting Officer has made the determination that the open market item is necessary to successfully perform the requirements under the call order, and the inclusion of this open market in the call order best satisfies the needs of the government. Competitive quotes were received in response to RFQ # PR-OAR-14-01841, and the prices of the open market item was determined to be fair and reasonable. This Notice of Intent is NOT a Request for Quotation for competitive quotes, and this notice in no way obligates the Government to modify the existing GSA BPA call order or to award a purchase order for the open market items.